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Los Angeles County Department of Public Works’s (LACDPW) database system allows Public Works staff, other County departments, and the general public to query and display all of Public Works' infrastructure projects. The database integrates a number of Public Works' systems, including project planning, financial accounting, and document management into a common interface for searching and viewing information. LACDPW uses Oracle in the design and development of enterprise applications.
The Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) design relies on existing DPW information technology standards in the areas of database management software (i.e., ORACLE) and GIS (i.e., ARC/INFO and ArcView). The new system provides important new functional capabilities in terms of graphical user interfaces, open database connectivity, and database integrity.
LACDPW benefited from Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Accelerator Service, a business flow solution offered by Oracle Consulting, to implement Oracle's database clustering technology quickly and at lower cost. LACDPW also uses Oracle's Technology Outsourcing to help manage and maintain its Oracle database clusters. Oracle Support Services works closely with the organization's developers and system administrators to help ensure that the Oracle database technology is running smoothly and delivering high quality service. Oracle is the world's second largest software vendor and the world market leader in enterprise class database technology. 70% of the top 500 web sites use Oracle.
One of the major benefits of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters is its ability to support the LACDPW’s existing Red Hat Linux Advanced Server which translated into additional cost savings. Additionally, the high availability and reliability of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters enables immigrant records to be accessible 24 hours by 7 days a week. With LACDPW ‘s information technology (IT) infrastructure running two database nodes, the clustering technology helps ensure rapid failover in the event that one node crashes, preventing any technical glitches from being visible to the end-user.
